Flower-holder.



A. sALAm FLOWER HULDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZO, 19M.

Patented Apr 13, 19315 a iens-oi;

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" than BISBEE, ARIZONA, ASSIGNOE, 0F ONE-HALF F0 llll'lll'ilmlllLEDGERWOOD, 0F BISBEE, ARIZONA. v

FLOWER HDLDER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, An'ronio SALARI, a citizen oi the United States,residing at Bisbee, in the county of Cochise and State of Arizona, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Flower l-lolders, ofwhich the followingis a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

I This invention relates to certain improvements in flower holders andhas relation more particularly to a device of this general characterespecially adapted to be connected toa garment or the like; and anobject of the invention'is. to provide a-device of this generalcharacter having novel and improved means whereby a flower may bepositioned within the holder with convenience and facility and wherebytherequisite moisture maybe supplied to the flower in order to prolongtheli'fe thereot.

Furthermore, it is an object of the inven tion to provide a device ofthis general char acter having novel and improved means whereby theliquid, carried thereby, is ef-- fectively held against escape and thusavoiding the possibility of soiling the garment to which the holder isattached.-

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangeinent of the several parts of way 'improvedflower holder, whereby certain important advantages are attained and thedevice is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenientand advan tageous for use, all as will 11% hereinafter more fully setforth The novel. features of the invention will be carefully defined inthe appended claims.

In order that my invention may be the bet- 'ter understood, I will nowproceed to detill scribe thesame with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, where1n-' Figure 1 IS an elevational view of a holderconstructed in accordance with an embod'iment oi? my inventicn; a secondposition (it the hinged section of the neck being indicated bydottedlines; Fig. 2 is a rear elevational 'view of the device asembodied in Fig. i; Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary view in top planof the device as disclosed herein; and Fig. l is a sectional view takensubstantially on the line 4-4: of Fig. 3.

its disclosed in the accompanying draw- Speeification of Letters Patent.2 Ziflatggmtbgdl Apr 1%15 Application filed July 20, 1914:. Serisllt'o.twdfiitfil.

ings, 1 denotes a receptacle of any predeters mined designprovidedadjacent one end with the elongated tubular stem or neclt 2 incommunication with the receptacle and through whiclris adapted to hedirected the stem of a flower so that such stern may enter within thereceptacle 1 in order to receive the fluid adapted to be inserted withinthe receptacle through such neck.

As herein set forth, the neck 2 is divided longitudinally into the fixedsection 3 and the movable section 4 hingedly connected, as

at 5, with. the fixed. section and adapted to be lining 7 of the movablesection 4 overlaps I the inner and longitudinal edge thereof, asindicated at 8, whereby it will be readily perceived that when themovable section t is adjusted into closed position, such lining servesasan effective medium to prevent moisture from escaping from within there--' ceptacle 1, which would otherwise tend to soil the garment towhich the device may be attached. To one face of the receptacle 1 issuitably connected a pin 9 of conventional a form adapted to serve as amedium wherehy the receptacle may be attached to again ment, as isbelieved to he clearly apparent to,

those skilled in the art towhich my present invention apperta ns. i I

descriptn'in,v it is From the foregoing thought to be obvious that aflower holder constructed in accordance'with my invention is of anextremely. simple and compara- I tively inexpensive nature and isportion larly well adapted for use by reason oi the convenience andfacility with which it may be assembled, and it will also'he obvious.

that my invention is suscePtible oi? some change and modificationwithout material departure from the principles and spirit thereof andfor this reason ll. do not wish to be understood as limiting myself tothe pre cise arrangementand formation of the several parts herein shownin carrying out my invention in practice.

Iclain i: a

: 1. A. device of the character described comprisinga receptacleprovided with a ,--tubular neck in communication therewith,

said neck being divided longitudinally into hingedlyconnected sections,and means for holding said sections in closed relation.

2. A device of the character described comprising a receptacle providedwith u v tubular neck in communication therewith, said neck beingdivided longitudinally into hingedly connected sections, means forholding said sections in closed relation, and e lining. of yieldablematerial for each of said sections. I

3 A device of the character described -Ceomprieing a receptacle providedwith a tubular neck in communication therewith, said neclaheing dividedlongitudinally into two sectiens-J one of said sections being fixedlysecured to the receptacle and the second 4 section being hingedlyconnected with the 25 first section, and means for maintaining thesections closed relation. 1

4. device of the character described comprlslng a receptacle providedwith a tubular neck in communication therewith, 30

said neck being divided longitudinally into two sections, one of saidsections being fixedly secured to the receptacle and the second section,being hingedly connected ":ivith the l TONY SALARI.

Witnesses PETER Bosio, GEO. F. H RT.

